I’ve been waiting for this since we told you about the film during Sundance back in January. We have finally have a trailer for The Words with Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons, Zoe Saldana and Olivia Wilde. What a cast. And it’s got a great premise:

Rory Jansen finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch – he didn't write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that must be paid for stealing another man's work, and for placing ambition and success above life's most fundamental three words.

The Words revolves around Rory (Cooper), a struggling writer who claims another man’s long lost work as his own. Caught up in a dangerous conspiracy, the price he must pay is more than he could have ever imagined.

The trouble starts when Dora, Rory’s wife (Saldana) comes across “a valise” in an antiques shop. The valise contains a “lost masterwork” of a  “Hemingway-esque writer” played by Jeremy Irons.

A story within a story, this first trailer hints at a drama with some heft to it, something that will utilize the potential Bradley Cooper showed in Limitless.

The Words is both written and directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal. The supporting cast includes Ben Barnes, John Hannah, J.K. Simmons, Michael McKean, Zeljko Ivanek and Ron Rifkin. We now have a US release date of September 21.  Still no word on the UK.

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It’s time for another super exciting posters post! First up, Men in Black III which stars Will Smith as J and Tommy Lee Jones as K with Josh Brolin along  for the ride as a younger version of same.

We’ve seen some pretty impressive stuff from the the Barry Sonnenfeld directed threequel, including the superfantastic  futuristic-but-used-in-the-psychedelic-60’s flying unicycles that are pictured on this brand new poster.

In the third installment of the series Agents J (Smith) and K (Jones) are back… in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K’s life and the fate of the planet are put at stake,Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discoversthat there are secrets to the universe that K never told him — secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K (Brolin) to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.

Men in Black III opens May 25 in the US, Canada and the UK.

Next up, a new poster for The Words, the film we told you about back in January with Bradley Cooper,  Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons and Olivia Wilde.

The Words revolves around Rory (Cooper), a struggling writer who claims another man’s long lost work as his own. Caught up in a dangerous conspiracy, the price he must pay is more than he could have ever imagined.

The trouble starts when Dora, Rory’s wife (Saldana) comes across “a valise” in an antiques shop. The valise contains a “lost masterwork” of a  “Hemingway-esque writer” played by Jeremy Irons.

The Words is both written and directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal. The supporting cast includes Ben Barnes, John Hannah, J.K. Simmons, Michael McKean, Zeljko Ivanek and Ron Rifkin. We now have a US release date of September 21. Still no word on the UK.

After we brought you thirteen new character posters the other day, here’s a new one-sheet for Simon West’s The Expendables 2 with Sylvester Stallone front and center. I’ve seen the trailer twice this weekend on the big screen. This one will be just as much fun as the first!

The Expendables are back and this time it’s personal… Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren),Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) — with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard — are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. The task looks like an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries. But when things go wrong and one of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against them. Hell-bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time — six pounds of weapons-grade plutonium; enough to change the balance of power in the world. But that’s nothing compared to the justice they serve against the villainous adversary who savagely murdered their brother. That is done the Expendables way….

The Expendables 2 opens August 17 in the US and the UK.

Here’s a first poster for House at the End of the Street with Jennifer Lawrence and Elisabeth Shue. The doesn’t do much except make sure you know that Jennifer Lawrence is in the movie.  I saw this trailer on the big screen this weekend as well. Still not impressed.

Newly divorced Sarah and her daughter Elissa find the house of their dreams in a small, upscale, rural town. But when startling and unexplainable events begin to happen, Sarah and Elissa learn the town is in the shadows of a chilling secret.They find themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents…

House At The End Of The Street starring Lawrence, Shue, Max Thieriot  (Chloe,My Soul to Take) and Gil Bellows, moves into theaters September 21.

And finally, we have an international poster for Rock of Ages with Tom Cruise as ‘rock God’ Stacee Jaxx. All of the other characters are present and accounted for as well. Personally, I think Alec Baldwin alone will be worth the price of a ticket.

Directed by Adam Shankman (Hairspray) and based on the Tony Award nominated Broadway musical, Rock of Ages is set in 1987and follows a fresh off the bus sweet-young-thing who comes to LA with stars in her eyes and big '80s hair (Julianne Hough). There, she meets a nice guy with ambitions of his own (Diego Boneta). When they meet, it's love at first sight, though their romance will face a series of challenges as they are seduced by the sex-drugs and rocknroll way of life personified by superstar Stacee Jaxx (Cruise), who meanwhile is falling for music journalist Malin Akerman.

The cast features Baldwin, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, Mary J. Blige and  Catherine Zeta Jones. It also features Will Forte, Bryan Cranston and Constantine Maroulis. Rock of Ages opens June 15 in the Us and the UK.

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Here’s a first look at Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence as George and Serena Pemberton in Susanne Bier’s Serena, currently filming in Prague.

In Depression-era North Carolina, the future of George Pemberton's timber empire becomes complicated when it is learned the his wife, Serena, cannot bear children.

Based on a novel by Ron Rash, the film follows newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton who travel from Boston to the mountains of North Carolina where they begin to build a timber empire in 1929. But when Serena learns that she can never bear a child, she sets out to murder the woman who bore George a son before his marriage. And when she starts to suspect that George is protecting his illegitimate family, the Pembertons' intense marriage begins to unravel.

I’m a fan of the Danish director Bier’s work including In a Better World (winner of last year’s Academy Award for Best Foreign Language), Brothers with Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire and Things We Lost in the Fire with Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro. Serena has a screenplay by Christopher Kyle best known for Alexander, K-19: The Widowmaker and The Weight of Water.

Lawrence and Cooper will first be seen together onscreen in David O. Russell’s The Silver Linings Playbook, due out later this year.  Serena also stars Toby Jones, Rhys Ifans, Sam Reid (Anonymous, also with Ifans) and Raymond Waring (Intruders). No release dates yet other than 2013.

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Joe Carnahan’s The Grey had its world premiere last night in LA at The Regal Theater LA Live. Stars Liam Neeson, James Badge Dale (Shame), Frank Grillo (Warrior) along with Dallas Roberts all came out, as did Maggie Grace, Neeson’s costar in Taken (and Taken 2), Kristen Bell and Minnie Driver, who I guess had nothing else to do on a Wednesday night.

Shouldn’t there be a rule that if you’re IN the movie being premiered that you have to put on a suit and make an effort? (That goes double for actors no one’s heard of and are getting a break by being IN the movie.) I didn’t say you had to wear a tie, just don’t show up looking like you just rolled out of bed. (I’m looking at you Joe Anderson. It’s LA. You’re not that cold.) Giles Marini, James Van Der Beek and Dermot Mulroney are not even IN the movie and they all look very presentable. Bradley Cooper, “Sexiest Man Alive” apparently no longer has to try. (He was on his way to The Weinstein Company party anyway, apparently that was a casual affair.)

Synopsis: In Alaska, an oil drilling team struggle to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wild. Hunting the humans are a pack of wolves who see them as intruders.

The Grey opens in the US, Canada and the UK  on January 27.

New Year, new movie: up next, The Words, which stars Bradley Cooper (who is another actor poised to have a great 2012 with four films currently in some stage of post-production and slated for release), Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid and Olivia Wilde. The above is the first poster and below we have some first pics.

The Words, which is scheduled to be the closing film of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival later this month, revolves around Rory (Cooper), a struggling writer who claims another man’s long lost work as his own. Caught up in a dangerous conspiracy, the price he must pay is more than he could have ever imagined.

The trouble starts when Dora, Rory’s wife (Saldana) comes across “a valise” in an antiques shop. The valise contains a “lost masterwork” of a  “Hemingway-esque writer” played by Jeremy Irons.

The Words is both written and directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal. In addition to being and actor, Klugman, as well as Sternthal have writing credits on Tron: Legacy. The supporting cast includes Ben Barnes, John Hannah, J.K. Simmons, Michael McKean, Zeljko Ivanek, Ron Rifkin, Liz Stauber, Gianpaolo Venuta, and Nora Arnezeder.

After its Sundance debut, the only release dates we have are for Belgium and the Netherlands in December. I’m thinking that will change soon.  I hope so. I’m very interested. We’ll keep you posted. 

The Silver Linings Playbook, is director David O. Russell’s followup to last year’s Oscar nominated hit, The Fighter. Based on a novel by Matthew Quick, it’s about a man (Bradley Cooper) who has just been released from a mental institution after four years. He moves back in with his mother (Animal Kingdom’s Jacki Weaver) and sets out to win back his ex-wife (Julia Stiles).

The official synopsis: “Pat Peoples (Cooper) is a man always trying to look on the bright side of life – the title of the story takes it’s name from the expression that “every cloud has a silver lining.” Released from the hospital after losing his wife to another man, Pat believes this age-old adage is just the ticket to trying to win her back and get his life on track. Trying to remain resolutely undiscouraged, Pat moves back in with his parents and devotes himself entirely to becoming the man his wife always wanted him to be. But it’s an uphill battle. Until Pat meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a beautiful young woman whose life also has not turned out the way she wanted. Together, the couple will try and navigate through their lives and stay true to who they are, always just one adventure away from a unique friendship, and possibly even love.”

Robert DeNiro fits in there somewhere, perhaps as Pat’s father. The rest of the cast includes Shea Whigham (Take Shelter, “Boardwalk Empire”) and Chris Tucker. I have to say I’m thrilled that Jacki Weaver is getting some play now that Hollywood has taken notice of her. She was tremendous in Animal Kingdom. Let’s hope she’s not quite as terrifying as Pat’s mother.

The Silver Linings Playbook is due out at the end of 2012.

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The Place Beyond the Pines, writer/director Derek Cianfrance's follow-up effort to last year's indie darling, Blue Valentine, stars Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper. We’ve shown you set pics including Baby Goose feeding a baby (human) and Cooper’s weird 80s coif. The above is the first official image released by Sierra Infiinity. Love the red leather, still not crazy about those crazy skull & crossbones 80s pajama pants. New details have also emerged since the last time we talked about this film, as well. While the director himself has called the film a “Darwinistic idea of survival through ancestry”, he claims to have been told it’s an epic in the tradition of “The Deerhunter meets The Godfather.” The title comes from the name of the city of Schenectady, New York, where a lot of the filming took place, which is the Mohawk word for "beyond the pine plains." 

Synopsis: Luke (Gosling) is a professional motorcycle rider who turns to bank robberies to support his newborn son, but when he crosses paths with a rookie police officer (Cooper) their violent confrontation spirals into a tense generational feud. THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES is a rich dramatic thriller that traces the intersecting lives of fathers and sons, cops and robbers, heroes and villain.

The rest of the cast for The Place Beyond the Pines includes Eva Mendes, Rose Byrne, Ray Liotta and Ben Mendelson and is slated for a release sometime in 2013. (2013? For an independent film with no special effects? Are they still raising money to finish the thing?) Odds are it will make the rounds of the festivals next year, starting in May with Cannes.

We have some exclusive photos for your this morning of Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling on the set of The Place Beyond The Pines that is filming in Schenectady, N.Y thanks to my friend @Steve_fromNY.

He was able to catch some of the on-set action which isn’t too far from his home. He could only get so close (he didn’t have his big lens with him hehe) and they are a bit blurry but Steve was probably very excited to be that close to Bradley Cooper (he is SO  going to kill me for that).

It looks like Bradley Cooper is rocking a mullet and I’m surprised I even noticed what was above his neck given how beefed-up he is.